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Traveston
Traveston is a rural town and locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. In the the locality of Traveston had a population of 480 people. Geography Traveston is predominantly farm land with a small urban area to the west of the Traveston railway station () on the North Coast railway line which passes through the north-eastern part of the locality from the south-east to the north-west. The Bruce Highway passes through the south-western part of the locality travelling from the south-west to the north-west. Traveston Road connects the highway to the railway station and then follows the railway line to the south-east to neighbouring Cooran. Green Ridge is a neighbourhood in the locality (). Dairying is the main industry. History The town is believed to be named after an early settler/grazier called Traves or Travers who was in the area in the 1860s. Traveston Provisional School opened on 24 August 1891. In 1907 it was renamed Skyring's Creek Provisional School. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Traveston Powder Magazine
Traveston Powder Magazine is a heritage-listed gunpowder magazine incorporated within the Traveston Soldiers' Memorial Hall at 7 Traveston Road, Traveston, Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1887 by Queensland Department of Public Works. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 10 June 2011. History An 1887 brick powder magazine, with post World War II timber extensions, is located on Traveston Road south of the Traveston railway station. The magazine was relocated from Gympie to Traveston in 1898 and became a Soldiers' Memorial Hall in 1923. The former magazine is rare surviving evidence of the infrastructure associated with Gympie's mining heyday, specifically the use of explosives in deep-reef mining. It is also evidence of the Australian practice of commemorating the sacrifices of World War I and World War II with memorial halls and honour boards. The magazine at Traveston was initially located in the town of Gympie, which was established a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Traveston Railway Station
Traveston railway station is located on the North Coast line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the town of Traveston. History Traveston station consists of one short platform that can only accommodate one carriage, requiring passengers to alight via the front door of services. A timber waiting room shelter is located behind the platform at ground level. Opposite the platform lies a crossing loop. In 2010, the station was threatened with closure after the waiting room was deemed unsafe. However, in 2011 it was decided to restore the shelter, despite it being the least used station in South East Queensland with an average of four passengers per week. Services Traveston is serviced by two daily Citytrain network services in each direction. 1925 derailment disaster On 9 June 1925, the ''Rockhampton Mail'' derailed near Traveston on a high timber trestle bridge. Ten people were killed and 48 injured when a passenger car and the luggage van plunged off the bridge, and anothe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Highway
The Bruce Highway is a major highway in Queensland, Australia. Commencing in the state capital, Brisbane, it passes through areas close to the eastern coast on its way to Cairns in Far North Queensland. The route is part of the Australian National Highway and also part of Highway 1, the longest highway route in Australia. Its length is approximately ; it is entirely sealed with bitumen. The highway is named after a popular former Queensland and federal politician, Harry Bruce. Bruce was the state Minister for Works in the mid-1930s when the highway was named after him. The highway once passed through Brisbane, but was truncated at Bald Hills when the Gateway Motorway became National Highway 1 upon its opening in December 1986. The highway is the biggest traffic carrier in Queensland. It initially joined all the major coastal centres; however, a number of bypasses, particularly in the south, have diverted traffic around these cities to expedite traffic flow and ease urban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coles Creek, Queensland
Coles Creek is a rural locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Coles Creek had a population of 44 people. History Traveston Provisional School opened on 24 August 1891. In 1907 the school was renamed Skyring's Creek Provisional School. On 1 January 1909 it became Skyring's Creek State School. In 1915 the school was renamed Coles Creek State School. It closed on 27 February 1961. The school was located on the northern corner of the Old Bruce Highway and Coles Creek Road (approx ). In the , Coles Creek had a population of 44 people. Geography The '' Mary River'' forms the western and south-western boundaries. ''Coles Creek'' (the watercourse) flows through from east to north, where it forms part of the northern boundary before it joins the ''Mary''. ''Skyring Creek'' forms the southern boundary before it flows into the ''Mary''. Road infrastructure The Bruce Highway The Bruce Highway is a major highway in Queensland, Australia. Commencing in the sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gympie
Gympie ( ) is a city and a Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. In the Wide Bay-Burnett District, Gympie is about north of the state capital, Brisbane. The city lies on the Mary River (Queensland), Mary River, which floods Gympie occasionally. The locality of Gympie is the central business district for the city of Gympie and also the administrative centre for the Gympie Region local government area. As of June 2021, Gympie had a population of 53,851. Gympie is famous for its gold field. It contains a number of historic buildings registered on the Queensland Heritage Register. History ''Gabi-Gabi language, Gubbi Gubbi (Kabi Kabi, Cabbee, Carbi, Gabi Gabi)'' is an Australian Aboriginal language formerly spoken by the indigenous peoples of the Sunshine Coast Region and Gympie Region, particularly the towns of Caloundra, Noosa Heads, Queensland, Noosa Heads, Gympie and extending north towards Maryborough, Queensland, Marybor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tandur, Queensland
Tandur is a rural locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ..., Australia. In the Tandur had a population of 186 people. History Tandur Provisional School opened on 29 September 1924. On 1 May 1929 it became Tandur State School. It closed on 16 July 1967. In the Tandur had a population of 186 people. References Gympie Region Localities in Queensland {{GympieRegion-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cooran, Queensland
Cooran is a rural hinterland town and locality in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia. In the the locality of Cooran had a population of 1,624 people. Geography Cooran is predominantly farming land with its urban centre in the north of the locality. Pinbarren Creek and Six Mile Creek flow from east to west through the northern part of the locality, while Coles Creek flows from east to west through the southern part of the locality. All the creeks flow into the Mary River. The Bruce Highway passes through the south-west corner of the locality but does not pass through the town. The major routes to the town are Traveston Road (from the north-west), Coles Creek Road from the south-west and Greenridge-Pinbarren Road from the east. The North Coast railway line passes through the town and northern part of the locality, to the north of Traveston Road. Cooran is served by the Cooran railway station in the centre of the town (). Mount Cooran is a very distinctive peak in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dingo Creek Jazz And Blues Festival
The Dingo Creek Wine, Jazz & Blues Festival is a music festival in Australia at the Dingo Creek Vineyard at Traveston, Queensland, south of Gympie. History and charity David and Marg Gillespie began this festival in 2002 to commemorate what would have been their daughter, Rachel's 21st birthday, who they lost to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). Since then they have raised more than $70,000 for SIDS and Kids Qld as well as promote the service free of charge to all Queensland families. With David and Marg's retirement from the Dingo Creek Jazz & Blues Festival, Gympie Rotary Club has agreed to take on the management of this event with all proceeds going to community charities and keeping with festival tradition, SIDS will be the major benefactor. 2012 performers * Backsliders * Band of Blue * BSB Swing! * Liam Burrows * Barry Charles * Daniel Champagne * Cousin Alice * Pete Cullen * Mark Easton * Haight Ashbury Song Show * Lil Fi * Wendy Matthews * James Morrison * John M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gympie Region
The Gympie Region is a local government area in the Wide Bay–Burnett region of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, the state capital. It is between the Sunshine Coast and Hervey Bay and centred on the town of Gympie. It was created in 2008 from a merger of the Shires of Cooloola and Kilkivan and part of the Shire of Tiaro. The Regional Council, which governs the Region, has an estimated operating budget of A$50 million. History ''Gubbi Gubbi (Kabi Kabi, Cabbee, Carbi, Gabi Gabi)'' is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken on Gubbi Gubbi country. The Gubbi Gubbi language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Sunshine Coast Region and Gympie Region, particularly the towns of Caloundra, Noosa Heads, Gympie and extending north towards Maryborough and south to Caboolture''.'' Prior to the 2008 amalgamation, the Gympie Region existed as four distinct local government areas: * the Shire of Cooloola; ** the City of Gympie; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kybong, Queensland
Kybong is a rural locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Kybong had a population of 333 people. Geography Kybong is south-east of Gympie's central business district along the Bruce Highway, which passes through from south-east to north. The Mary River forms the western boundary. The locality is home to a large truck stop on the Old Bruce Highway and Gympie Airport. The truck stop is home to Matilda Matilda or Mathilda may refer to: Animals * Matilda (chicken) (1990–2006), World's Oldest Living Chicken record holder * Matilda (horse) (1824–1846), British Thoroughbred racehorse * Matilda, a dog of the professional wrestling tag-team The ..., the mascot of the 1982 Commonwealth Games. History In the Kybong had a population of 370 people. Heritage listings Kybong has the following heritage sites: * Bruce Highway: Kybong Hall References {{Gympie Region Gympie Region Localities in Queensland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gympie Regional Council
The Gympie Region is a local government area in the Wide Bay–Burnett region of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, the state capital. It is between the Sunshine Coast and Hervey Bay and centred on the town of Gympie. It was created in 2008 from a merger of the Shires of Cooloola and Kilkivan and part of the Shire of Tiaro. The Regional Council, which governs the Region, has an estimated operating budget of A$50 million. History ''Gubbi Gubbi (Kabi Kabi, Cabbee, Carbi, Gabi Gabi)'' is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken on Gubbi Gubbi country. The Gubbi Gubbi language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Sunshine Coast Region and Gympie Region, particularly the towns of Caloundra, Noosa Heads, Gympie and extending north towards Maryborough and south to Caboolture''.'' Prior to the 2008 amalgamation, the Gympie Region existed as four distinct local government areas: * the Shire of Cooloola; ** the City of Gympie; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mothar Mountain, Queensland
Mothar Mountain is a rural locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. In the Mothar Mountain had a population of 534 people. Geography The southern and eastern parts of the locality constitute the western half of Woondum National Park Woondum is a rural locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. In the Woondum had a population of 80 people. Geography Woondum lies to the south-west of Gympie. The western part of locality is relatively undeveloped land and is moun .... The Mothar Mountain Rock Pools are in a day-use area at the entrance to the National Park. History Mothar Mountain rock pools is believed to have been a site of significance to the Aboriginal people of the area but unfortunately little is known. MOTHAR Mountain Provisional School opened on July 1908. On 1 January 1909 it became Mothar Mountain State School. In 1929 the name was corrected to Mothar Mountain State School. It closed on 13 July 1970. It was located on the western side of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
